Intercept Search, 1969
Man being searched for marijuana by a Border Patrol officer during ‘Operation Intercept’ (a anti marijuana smuggling campaign) along the United States / Mexico border, 1969
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Confiscated Donkeys, 1920’s
‘Donkeys used to smuggle sotol across the border during prohibition (Sotol is a liquor similar to tequila).’ Photographed by U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Texas 1920’s
Sniffing Nike, 1994
‘Nike’, 1994 U.S. Customs Service/ Treasury Department issued Drug Sniffing Dogs trading card
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 500 AD
Sarthe River Bridge in Saint Céneri le Gérei, France Bridge Over Troubled Waters For thousands of years a ancient stone bridge crossing the Sarthe river in northern France has hidden a secret to immortality… Hemp! The picturesque French village of Saint Read More …
The Cowboy Smugglers, 1890
‘Los charros contrabandistas’ (The Cowboy Smugglers), 1890 dice game Gameboard for dice game of the ‘Cowboy Smugglers’ shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules Read More …
Dick’s Operation, 1969
President Richard Nixon and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz shake hands at a ceremony on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River after dedicating the Amistad Dam, in background. September 8, 1969 (less than two weeks before the start Read More …
Smuggling Camels, 1968
Smugglers using camels to carry cannabis plants – Baalbek, Lebanon 1968
Drug Sniffing Dog Trading Cards, 1994
1994 U.S. Customs Service/ Treasury Department issued Drug Sniffing Dogs trading cards… The Drug War, some of us are made to be Criminals and some are made hero’s for making it so…
Many Ways in Which the Potent Drug is Smuggled, 1904
Many Ways in Which the Potent Drug is Smuggled “An Egyptian smoker of hasheesh is even a more helpless slave then the Chinese opium fiend. He knows that in the end he will become a madman, yet he rushes toward Read More …
Coals to Newcastle, 1978
“It’s about trying to frame something. And draw attention to it and say, “Here’s the beauty in this. I’m going to put a frame around it, and I think this is beautiful.” That’s what artists do. It’s really a pointing Read More …